Wheat stem maggot threats to spring wheat crops
The wheat stem maggot known as the wheat bulb worm is a serious pest in both winter and spring wheat. It injures stalks by feeding inside and causes premature ripening. Rapid spread occurs where both crop types share fields. Prevention favors crop rotation and resistant practices. no cure available. A fungal disease may help slow the pest. The article also covers grape and apple rot warnings and a water cure for crop bound in poultry.
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Ohio
Farm Journal
New York
Orange Judd
Solar Wax Extractor From Sunlight Aims To Replace Stove Rendering
A historic guide proposes a solar wax extractor to render beeswax without stove heat. It describes building a 12 by 18 inch box with a glass cover and sun facing panel, a tin bottom, wire sieve, and drainage into a bowl or vessel. The device uses direct solar rays, raises the box on rear legs, and includes extraction details for separating wax from honey with safety and efficiency.
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Mitchen
I. G. Herman
Painting the Silo and Other Rural Notes
A rural New Yorker survey features experts on silo painting. Tangled views praise coal tar interior coatings for durability, while others warn of moisture effects on stave silos. Additional notes cover budding grafting, celery blanching, tomato ripening, cabbage and apple crops, disease, and dairy feeds.
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New Yorker
Plumb
L.A. Clinton
New York
R. Scéville
W. P. Brooks
Massachusetts
High heel shoes cause lameness in horses
An 1890s veterinary note discusses how forward hoof shoes with thick or high heels disturb hoof balance, risk lameness, and how to shoe for stability. It includes advice on outside driving works, level heels, and within-case outcomes for lame horses, plus remarks from James Wixson and references to Breeder's Gazette and Farm and Ranch.
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James Wixson
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Aimers
Euys
Atlantic
England
London
Liverpool
Consider the calves keep the youngters that promise to grow
W F McSparran argues calf overproduction and high calf prices threaten future beef supply. Western markets overstocked while record prices tempt shortsighted handling. He warns breeders to retain calves likely to mature into beef or dairy stock, noting feed shortages will ease and crops will revive, easing the eating months ahead.
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Fron Market
W. F. McSparran
Natonal Stockman
Danger and value of feeding rye to pregnant sows
A reader asks about risks of feeding pregnant sows on rye. Ergot in rye can cause dry gangrene and abortions, but green pasture before ergots appear is considered safe. The piece cites Iowa State work praising hog efficiency and rapid fattening, with feeding trials and gains from various tonnage rations, noting quick returns in hog farming compared with beef.
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Wallace
Iowa
Iowa Agricultural College
Ames
Chicago
Poland
Armour
Darling
Dairymen warned about cows that leak or suck
A Hoards Dairyman article warns buyers to beware cows that leak milk from teats or suck others or themselves. It details detection methods, notes rings or nose rings as harmless if present, and cites a Guernsey cow with record milk and butter fat. It also covers testing milk over seasons and advises on choosing dairy cows by consistent butter fat production.
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Wade
Homestead
New York
Babcock
Preaching and Practicing Udder Development Debate
A Buckeye Dairy Farmer argues powerfully that modern dairy cows should be bred and trained through systematic udder development rather than relying on natural, passive breeding. He asserts heifers can be prepared for dairy work, citing eighteen cows raised under his method and noting milking before calving yields superior udders, despite conflicting views on the practice.
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Ghye
Wire mesh, plastering a round silo and cowpea curing notes
Breeder's Gazette mesh size for wire netting to plaster wooden walls discussed. A 1 1/4 inch mesh is advised though finer may be better. A round twenty foot diameter silo needs plastering with wire hung from top and stapled, cement mix one part cement to three sharp sand, and kept damp during cure. Also covered is curing cowpea hay like clover, drying steps, and feeding notes.
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Tom
Breeder's Gazette
Joseph Dr. Wing
The Lord’s spies and Israel’s faith in Canaan
Biblical meditation from a Sunday School lesson on Numbers 13 14. It contrasts Caleb and Joshua’s faith with the unbelief of the other spies and the murmurings of Israel. Emphasizes looking forward with God rather than backward to bondage, and trusting God’s promises.
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Verner
B. M. Sicarus
American Press Association
Moses
Canaan
Israel
Kadesh-barnea
Samuel
God
Egypt
Red Sea
Caleb
Joshua
Lash
David
Goliath
Mary Megdalene
Asroo
Stephen
Nehemiah
High explosives term prompts student reply in class
A schoolteacher asks Tommy Taddells what high explosives means. The boy answers sky rockets, ma'am. A judge remarks that if the average man were as good as he thinks others should be, vanity would prevent him from being long tailed. New York Press.
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Tommy
Tommy Taddells
Tommay
New York Press
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